Safety officer responsibilities

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Safety officer responsibilities
Before going to discuss about responsibilities lets us see some of the duties of safety officer
Implementation of company safety procedures to prevent accidents and loss
• -SOP-Standard operating procedures
• PTW-Work permit system
• MS-Method statements
• MOC-management of change
• PSSR-Pre start safety reviews
Identification of hazards and take necessary actions to rectify them
• HIRA-Hazard identification & Risk assessments.
• JHA-Job Hazard analysis
• EIA-Environment impact assessment
Investigation and analysis of accidents and incidents and reporting to higher authority
• Incidents
• Near misses
• Reportable incidents
• LTI-Lost time incidents
• First aid incidents
• LOP-Loss of primary containments.
Carryout inspections and audits in a regular basis to ensure safe working
• Incidents
• Near misses
• Reportable incidents
• LTI-Lost time incidents
• First aid incidents
• LOP-Loss of primary containments.
Conduct safety induction to the work force mobilized to the site
• Tool box talks
• Job specific trainings
• Product specific trainings
• PPE donning procedures
• Safety awareness trainings
Conduct and organize various safety promotional activities
• Mock drills
• Safety Committee meetings
• National safety day
• Fire safety day
• Environment day
• Safety competitions
Documentation of all safety related activities
• Incidents records
• MSDS
• Mock drill records
• PTW documents
• Legal registers
• IMS documents
• Checklists
Ensure that approved PPE Used by all employees
• Head protection
• Hand protection
• Foot protection
• Fall protection
• Respiratory protection
It is most important for every safety officer to know his roles and responsibilities
For easily understand the roles and responsibilities Follow these three basic rules
Common knowledge
Industry knowledge
Expert knowledge
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